Kid Reagan Ridley

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Appearance: Reagan is a mixed-race woman (half-Japanese from her mother, half-Caucasian from her father), with a slim build, Her hair is short and brown. She's 4'11 and she's ten years old.

Personality: Kid Reagan Ridley's personality is shaped by a combination of her natural inclination towards science and invention, the neglectful environment she grew up in, and the traumatic experiences she endured. Due to her father's influence, Reagan developed a deep passion for conducting science experiments and building her own inventions. This enthusiasm indicates a curious and inquisitive nature, as well as a high level of intelligence and ingenuity for her age.

However, Reagan's lack of emotional support and genuine affection from her parents, particularly her father, had a profound impact on her personality. The absence of nurturing and encouragement caused her to become socially inept and withdrawn. She struggled to connect with others and was not a very sociable child overall. This suggests that Reagan may have developed a sense of isolation and a difficulty in forming meaningful relationships due to her upbringing.

Randall's cruelty towards Reagan, specifically ridiculing and mocking her for her failed experiments, likely had a detrimental effect on her self-esteem. It might have caused her to doubt her own abilities and become cautious or even fearful of taking risks. The emotional neglect Reagan experienced further deepened her isolation and prevented her from receiving the emotional support she needed to grow and thrive.

To compensate for her parents' neglect, Randall built Bear-O, a robot companion that provided Reagan with the attention and affection she craved. This indicates that Reagan desired companionship and connection, even if it came from an artificial source. However, Bear-O's hypervigilance, possibly due to Randall's desire to protect Reagan, and her parents' overall neglect ended up traumatizing Reagan.

Reagan's friendship with Orrin Carthwait in the 4th grade was a rare and valuable connection in her life. Orrin's genuine interest in her and their close friendship provided Reagan with a sense of belonging and happiness. It suggests that she craved emotional connection and appreciated genuine care from others. Unfortunately, her father's manipulative actions erased this friendship from her memory, robbing her of an important relationship and further hindering her social development.

In summary, Kid Reagan Ridley's personality is marked by her scientific curiosity and inventive nature, as well as her social ineptitude and withdrawal resulting from neglect and emotional abuse. She longs for genuine affection and companionship but struggles to form and maintain relationships due to her upbringing. The traumatic experiences she endured contribute to her repressed memories and the difficulties she faces in leading a normal life.

Nickname(s)

Child Prodigy (by J.R.)

The Loud One (by Myc)

Jellybean (by Rand Ridley)

Species

Human

Home

Apartment, Washington, D.C., United States, Earth

Gender

Female ♀

Reagan met Orrin in the fourth grade after a teacher entered their science class and asked for his name. He would soon become Reagan's best and only friend, the two practically becoming inseparable and doing everything together. Orrin was there for (what was presumably) Reagan's tenth birthday party, riding Mr. Chompy together, a Velociraptor-Bot that she built for the occasion. Together, they had also won first place at the science fair in elementary school. After sometime however, Reagan's advanced intelligence and ingenuity would be recognized by the school principal and brought to her parent's attention, concluding she is more than capable of skipping grades straight to high school. However, the principal acknowledges for the first time in Reagan's life, she's actually made a friend, and staying at her grade level will actually in the long-term benefit her, socially and emotionally.